iMPACT 17.07.14

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Kurt Angle cut a promo saying TNA has brought back the six-sided ring to come back to their roots. He said It made them different as did talents like AJ Styles, The Motor City Machine Guns and Jerry Lynn. He said along the way they made mistakes and tonight they are here in NYC to reboot TNA. He said it all begins tonight.

 

* Angle introduced Taz who got a huge pop and an ECW chant. Taz cut a great promo about how important wrestling is and said he was part of the most important revolution in wrestling history. He said the locker room tonight has the same look as ECW did back in the day. He promised we were gonna see some different stuff tonight. He then did his old catchphrases.

 

* Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray came out. Bully put over NYC and said he made a guarantee that Dixie Carter was going through a table. Dreamer cut a promo saying this was the new Madhouse of Extreme and that the fans were the biggest part of the changes. EC3 and a Rhino came out. Carter said they weren't going to put Dixie through anything. Dreamer said this isn't a PG show and he wants to see less talking and more action. They started brawling. They ring the bell. They had a good match. Carter got the pin on Dreamer while hooking the tights.

 

* X-Division championship Gauntlet: Champion Austin Aries vs. Eddie Edwards. The crowd chanted ROH at the bell. Manik was third in. Next out was Davey Richards. Next out was Zema Ion. Ion and Manik went over the ropes during a leaping Rana and were eliminated. Next out was Tigre Uno. Crazzy Steve was next. Sanada was next. It came down to Sanada vs. Aries at the end. Aries gt the pin with a brain buster in a really good match. Final minutes were excellent.

 

* MVP and Kenny King vs. Eric Young and Roode. MVP was disqualified for using the crutch. After the match, MVP and King beat down EY and Roode with crutches.

 

* Madison Rayne pinned Brittany in a No DQ match.

 

* TNA World Champion Bobby Lashley pinned Jeff Hardy after a spear